Young headed to KBO's Doosan Bears

1B/OF Jared Young (Prince George, B.C.) is headed to the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization. Photo: Baseball Canada

July 23, 2024

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

The St. Louis Cardinals have sold the contract of 1B/OF Jared Young (Prince George, B.C.) to the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization, according to a post on the Cardinals Player Development X account.

Young will join Canadian right-hander Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) on the Bears. Balazovic was purchased from the Minnesota Twins earlier this month.

Young has not seen big league action with the Cardinals this season, but he is batting .285 with 11 home runs and 35 RBIs in 74 games with the triple-A Memphis Chicks.

The Cardinals claimed the 29-year-old outfielder off waivers from the Chicago Cubs on November 6 after he had been outrighted off the Cubs’ roster four days earlier.

In two stints with the Cubs in 2023, Young had eight hits – including three triples and two home runs – while scoring eight runs. His final promotion came on the heels of his excellent triple-A campaign with the Iowa Cubs that saw him bat .310 with 21 home runs and 72 RBIs in 90 games.

Young also homered and had three runs in four games for Canada in the World Baseball Classic in March 2023.

Selected in the 15th round of the 2017 MLB draft by the Cubs, the Okanagan Athletics alum played parts of six seasons in the minors before he made his MLB debut with the Cubs in 2022, going 5-for-19 (.263 batting average) in six games that September.